New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was seen with an Imam, who has historical ties as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. The photo also raises questions about Zohran Mamdani’s associations during his mayoral campaign, as his son is also believed to be linked to running a camp accused of promoting extremist activities for children. The photo shows the Democratic nominee for the mayoral race smiling with Imam Siraj Wahhaj and City Councilman Yusef Abdus Salaam. The photo was taken at Siraj Wahhaj’s Bed-Stuy mosque during Jummah (Friday) prayers. Zohran Mamdani also shared a post on X that read: “Today at Masjid At-Taqwa I had the pleasure of meeting with Imam Siraj Wahhaj, one of the country’s foremost Muslim leaders and a pillar of the Bed-Stuy community for nearly half a century. I was also joined by CM @dram_yusefs of Harlems.” “A beautiful Jummah,” Mamdani said. According to the reports, Zohran Mamdani attended a campaign event at Masjid At-Taqwa on Fulton Street, organized in collaboration with the activist group Black Muslims Now. Who is Siraj Wahhaj? Siraj Wahhaj is 75-year-old African-American Imam of Al-Taqwa Mosque in Brooklyn, New York and also a leader of the Muslim Alliance in North America. During the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, his name surfaced as an “unindicted co-conspirator”. In August 2018, three of Wahhaj’s children were charged with terrorism and child abuse. During that time, Wahhaj said the children cut ties with their families. He also claimed that he was the one who tipped off the police. Meanwhile, Zohran Mamdani and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo debated their views on Israel, experience in government and how they would handle President Donald Trump in a two-hour televised debate Thursday night. “On his resume it says he interned for his mother. This is not a first-time job. Any day you can have a hurricane, God forbid, you can have a 9/11, a health pandemic. If you don’t know what you’re doing, people will die,” Cuomo said. “If we have a health pandemic, why would New Yorkers turn on the governor who sent seniors to their deaths in nursing homes?” Mamdani responded, pointing to controversy over Cuomo’s handling of the Covid pandemic.
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